rio case study

Why do cities grow

Natural increase

Rural - urban migration

Why rio is important

Cultural capital of brazil

Manufacturing industries

Major port

Rio’s social challenges

Health care

Education - only half continue into secondary

Bad Water supply

Bad Energy supply

Social challenges solutions that create opportunities

Health care - medical staff treat 20 diseases in peoples homes

Education - given school grants to poor families + opened a uni in rocinha favela

Water supply - 95% of population have mains water

Energy - 60km of new power lines

How Rio’s industries have created economic development

Boosted city’s economy

Provides more that 6% of brazils emplyment

The favelas have improved

They have developed in the formal economy

Types of employment in Rio

Retail

Construction

Steel

Tourism

Manafacturing

Rio’s environmental challenges

Air pollution and traffic congestion

Water pollution

Waste pollution

Environmental solutions

Air pollution and traffic congestion - expansion of metro, new toll roads

Water pollution - 12 new sewage works, 5km new sewage pipes

Challenges of favellas

Crime - high murder rate

Health - high infant mortality rate

Services - lack of essential services

Construction - houses built with basic materials

Unemployment - rates as high as 20%

How the favelas are being improved

Quality of life has been improved

Paved roads

Access to water suply

Improved sanitation